It was an encore performance from the A’s pitching staff today with Austin Pruitt and Ken Waldichuk holding the Tigers scoreless for the first 7 innings after JP Sears did the same on his own yesterday.
Pruitt was originally announced as today’s “opener”, but after he finished the 1st inning without a baserunner, Mark Kotsay put him out there for the 2nd against an almost all-righty lineup. He followed up his perfect 1st with a perfect 2nd, and then came back out for a perfect 3rd. Though he only got one strikeout, Pruitt clearly had Detroit’s batters off balance throughout his outing.